Ran over oyster bed and knocked to chunks out of boat size of thumb nail. Anyone know who can fix that.
If it is on the bottom Marine Tex is the way to go,it is inexpensive and you can do it youself in less than an hour
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Agreed there o the marine tex, good stuff for repairing gel coat dings, chips. Once you fill the ding and smooth out with squeege you can take a piece of wax paper or plastic and cover repair and use plastic squeegee to smooth out again and it will be much more cosmetic if so desired.
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I also would use marine tex. gel coat repair can be very expensive.
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I had a couple of pencil sized chips on the bottom of my hull. Marine Tex and then wet sand down to around 800 grit. You can barely see the repairs. So basically, what they all said,
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Ditto on the Marine Tex. You can also wet your fingers and smooth it out to lessen the sanding as well.
I’m out numbered in my opinion, but why not replace the chipped gel-coat with gel-coat. You can get a small amount of gel-coat from West Marine and do it yourself. Not any more trouble than using marine-tex. Take a sander and “feather” the ding, Clean the area well with Acetone, Mix the gel-coat in a small cup and start applying with a small brush, as it begins to “kick” in your cup you can thicken the application. Put on more than you need and then sand off the excess when it cures. Now you have a gel-coated hull and not an epoxy patch. If needed, you can tint the gel-coat to get a color match.
Thanks for the help. I give it a try. Just didn’t want to booger it up. Never done it before and always found it easier to find someone who knows what they are doing and pay the extra money to get it done right.
I understand.
I consulted several Pros before I made the repairs to my boat.
The gel-coat repairs were simple enough after I got started.
I have used Marine tex before to fill abandoned screw holes below the waterline, but I always feather it out and top it off with gel-coat.
Trying now to learn about spraying gel-coat so I can recoat the bottom now that I have stripped the bottom paint.
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Originally posted by RDWI’m out numbered in my opinion, but why not replace the chipped gel-coat with gel-coat. You can get a small amount of gel-coat from West Marine and do it yourself. Not any more trouble than using marine-tex. Take a sander and “feather” the ding, Clean the area well with Acetone, Mix the gel-coat in a small cup and start applying with a small brush, as it begins to “kick” in your cup you can thicken the application. Put on more than you need and then sand off the excess when it cures. Now you have a gel-coated hull and not an epoxy patch. If needed, you can tint the gel-coat to get a color match.
I agree. I like the quick, easy fix when possible but epoxy is not resin. Using marine-tex (awesome product BTW) on fiberglass is like smearing bondo on a rust hole in the side of a truck bed. Yeah, the end product looks good when finished, but you know whats inside.
I have bought the gelcoat kits at West and they are easy to use and with a little tint it will be a perfect factory like repair.
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quote:MattR and RDW make good points IMO. Look at some YouTube videos about simple gelcoat repairs and you might decide it is easy enough to do yourself. The best gelcoat repair videos I have seen are made by the Tap Plastics Company. Gelcoat is not something to fear.
Originally posted by TacomaRan over oyster bed and knocked to chunks out of boat size of thumb nail. Anyone know who can fix that.